The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-14
ERIN'S LANDLORDS.
a Conference at Dublin Complains of
the Governm ent'S Action

DUBLIN, Dec. 13-The Duke of Abercorn
presided at a conference of landlords
held here to-day, and made a speech in
which he condemned absenteeism. A dele
CATION was appointed to submit to the gov
ernment that the land owners of
Ireland are entitled to compensa-
tion for the losses sustained through
the action of the government III reducing
rents to greater extent than was Justified
by economic causes i'll depriving land own
e1s OF reversionary interest in occupancy of
the soil, in lessening the saleable and re-
ceivable value of judicial rents and in de-
priving land owners of the right to obtain
the best rent solvent tenant was able to
pay in open market. The delegation will
claim that the land owners are
entitled to a direct pecuniary grant
to compensate them for their
losses, and to indirect relief in the shape of
grant to them of advances within limits
which would involve no risk to the govern
ment. Compulsory reduction of interest
on mortgages, they will insist, is unjust and
impolitic, as it is impossible to distingui sh
between mortgages and family charges.
They will also urge simplification of the
methods of transfer, charging and discharg-
ing of land.
PYNE ELUDES THE POLICE
Mr.. Pyne, Member of Parliament who
has been barricaded in Lisfinny Castle, his
residence in County Waterford, resisting
the efforts of the police to arrest him, left
the castle early this morning, eluding the
police sentinels, and taking car that was
waiting him drove to some unknown
place. The police are securing the country
for him.
EARL GRANVILLE ON THE SITUATION.
LONDON, Dec. 13-The Eighty Club gave
banquet tonight in honor of Earl Gran
VILE In speech Lord Granville contend
ed that the reception given TO Lord Harting-
ton and Mr.. Goschen in Dublin was no test
of public opinion. Desertions had not de-
stroyed the Liberal party, which was en-
dowed with enduring vitality carrying aloft
the banner of progress. The Liberals did
not wish to declare that the Dissidents were
beyond the pale of the party. On the con-
trary they wished to bring about reunion.
But it was impossible to achieve reunion by
a suspension of the Irish question. Not all
the power of Lord Salisbury and Mr. Glad
stone united could do that. Hear!l If the
| government undertook TO settle the Irish
| question upon a reasonable basis of self
| government, they would have the hearty
support of the Liberals. 1t would be better
for the government to try to settle the Irish
| question than to follow their present course,
which tended to take from the Irish all re-
spect for the law.
Mr. Gladstone, in a letter to a Liberal
meeting at Dunoon, Scotland, says: "Shock-
ing and painful discord is being created in
the name of union as at one time the worst
crimes were committed in the name of hber-
ty. The State of Ireland has grown sadly
worse under the present government
o'DoNovAN RossA's SUCCESSOR
! LONDON, Dec. IA, A. M-The Times
states on the authority of a Parnelite who
stipulates that his name must not be dis
closed th t DR.. Williams, of New York
succeeds O'Donovan Rosa in the leadership
of the extreme Nationalists in New York
and that Williams has fund of e200, coo
at his disposal to organize assassinations
and dynamite explosions by sending to
| England Irish-American agents who do not
work directly, but endeavor to
find among the criminals of the large towns
men to asSassinate public men and conduct
dynamite explosions. These men are now
at work and are well supplied with funds.
The Times informant also states that 200
weight of dynamite has been stored secretly
in London but he processes to be unaware
of its exact locality. The Times hopes
that the police on the strength of this state
ment will be able to discover the dynamite